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A little jealous of Arabic speakers for that, ngl (lemmy.world)

submitted 11 months ago by PugJesus@lemmy.world to c/linguistics_humor@sh.itjust.works

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[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 11 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Intellectual stagnation fueled by poverty, authoritarianism and colonialism is what you're thinking of.

[–] Randomgal@lemmy.ca 1 points 11 months ago

So. The US? Lmao

[–] Samskara@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Other poor and colonized countries don’t have that issue. Large powers of the Muslim world were not meaningfully colonized or for long. Of course if you include the Ottoman Empire, sure.

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 1 points 11 months ago

I have a lot I could say about this, but first where are you getting your numbers?